| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 9 January 1978 – 24 December 1978 |
| Edition | 9th |
| Tournaments | 84 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (71) World Championship Tennis (8) Team Events (1) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Jimmy Connors (10) |
| Most tournament finals | Jimmy Connors (12) |
| Prize money leader | Eddie Dibbs ($575,273) |
| Points leader | Jimmy Connors (2,030) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Björn Borg |
| Newcomer of the year | John McEnroe |
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Jimmy Connors finished the year as ATP world No. 1 for the fifth time in his career. Connors won ten tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, and finished runner-up at another major at the Wimbledon Championships.
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Björn Borg was named the ATP Player of the Year. Borg won nine tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships, and finished runner-up at another major at the US Open.
The 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis (WCT) tournaments, a separate professional tennis circuit held from 1971 through 1977, were incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit. The 28 tournaments with prize money of $175,000 or more formed the Super Series category.[1][2][3] Jimmy Connors won 10 of the 84 tournaments which secured him the first place in the Grand Prix points ranking. However he did not play enough tournaments (13) to qualify for largest share ($300,000) of the bonus pool, which instead went to third–ranked Eddie Dibbs.[4]
- ^ Neil Amdur (25 March 1977). "Tennis finds unity at last". Star-News. p. 5C – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Tennis Merger Afoot". The Victoria Advocate. AP. 24 March 1977. p. 3B – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Barry Lorge (13 April 1978). "Peace still eludes men's pro tennis". The Washington Post.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 23–31. ISBN 978-0354090681.